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Thursday, June 9, 2016

I think Germany is one of the safest countries in EU, so,today I‘d
like to write about the travel information in Berlin again, actually last time
I was not able to give you enough information, so I’d like to give you as much
information as possible today. I love EU countries, especially Berlin, Germany is nice place !!

1Sightseeing
spots in Berlin

①Deutscher
Bundestag (Parliament building)

This is one of the most famous
spots in Berlin. You can go there on foot from the Brandenburg Gate. Or it
takes about 5 minutes walk from the Bundestag station. The building was
established in 1884~94. But it was destroyed in 1933, because of WW2. You can
go into the building, but the online-registration is necessary. When you enter
the building, you have to take security check. I heard it’s a little bit
difficult to make reservation, because of many people. If you are interested in
it, please take a look at the HP for further detail.

➁ Tiergarten

This is the park and garden in the
central Berlin. In summer season, the garden is very beautiful. In spite of the
center of capital city, you can take very fresh air in the garden. But it is
very huge, so, don’t get lost. It is very comfortable, so, you can take rest in
the garden during your trip.

In summer, many people spend their time in the garden. It is very comfortable and beautiful.

③Kaiser-Wilhelm-Gedachtnis-Kirche
(Church)

It
was established in 19th century for the Kaiser-Wilhelm.

During the WW2, some parts of it was destroyed.

You can visit
the church easily from the Zoologischer Garten station on foot.

It takes only
5minutes.

This is the Kaiser-Wilhelm Church in Berlin

④Haupt Bahn-hof Berlin
(Central station Berin)

As I wrote in my blog, the station
is very convenient. You can go there from the Tegel airport by bus “TXL”. It
takes about 20 minutes. In spite of Sunday, you can buy some food, coffee, and
enjoy shopping for souvenir in Berlin. It is very rare for supermarket to be
opened in Germany on Sunday. I think you can enjoy that. Sometimes I go to the station, it is very convenient. You can buy many kinds of souvenir in the station.

And you can enjoy the Spree river
cruise near the south part of the station. It is very easy to go there. It costs 13 Euro (1 hour cruise).
Foods and Bier on the ship are amazing especially in summer season. The cruise
company is “Reederei-Riedel”. You can find the exact time on the HP. I enjoyed it last year in April. I felt a little bit cold.

There are many shops and restaurant in the station.

⑤Zoologischer
Garten

The big Station “Zoologischer
Garten” and the bus terminal are there. So, this place is very convenient for
travelers. You can go there from the Tegel Airport by the bus “X9” only 20
mins. Of course, you can go back to the Tegel airport from the Zoologischer
Garten by the bus “X9” easily. Around there, you can enjoy shopping like
souvenir and foods, go to the other sightseeing spots very easily, and go to
many nice hotels. I recommend you to try “Curry wurst 36”. It is the name of
the shop of “Curry wurst”. It means grilled sausage with curry powder. The taste
is nice. You can buy it around there easily.

And the zoo is near the station.
The aquarium is in the zoo too. If you have time, you may enjoy it. I think you can take many interesting pictures in the zoo and the aquarium.

I like turtles very much.

Bus has second floor.The scenery from 2nd floor is nice !! You can see great scenery.

Many people made a line. But I made a line to buy it !! Taste good.

It is "Curry Wurst mit Darm". 2 Euro. Taste good !!! The bread was good also.

2Basic
information about transportation ticket

I think one of the most important
thing when you travel is transportation. So, I show you the fee of bus, train
in Berlin. First of all, Berlin is divided into 3 zones, in terms of the transportation
area: A, B and C. When you buy the ticket, you have to check where you go in
Berlin. And don’t forget to stamp the date on the ticket, before you get on the
train. There are stamp machines on the plat home. As for bus , stamp
machine is in bus. You can have the zone information brochure in most of the stations
and airports. I show you the fee of that as follows.

①Short distance ticket (Kurzstrecke) 1.40 Euro

If
you get off the S-Bahn or U-Bahn within 3 stations from the station you get on,
you can get on them with this ticket. In case of bus, within 6 bus stop
effective. It costs only 1.40 Euro. You can spare money.

It is kinds of standard ticket. These
are effective 2 hours, but it can’t be used as return ticket. You can go for
the same direction with this ticket.

③A B C ticket (A B C karte) 3.30 Euro

You can go from A zone to C zone with this
ticket.

④A B ticket set (4 tickets), 4-Fahrten-Karte 9.00 Euro

It is more reasonable than you buy
A B tickets one by one.

⑤One day ticket (Tageskarte)

You can use it until 3 AM on the
next day.

One day ticket for A B zone costs 7.00 Euro.

One day ticket for B C zone costs 7.30 Euro.

One day ticket for A B C zone
costs 7.60 Euro.

⑥One day ticket for small group (until 5 persons)

You can use it until 3 AM on the
next day.

One day ticket for small group for
A B zone costs 17.30 Euro.

One day ticket for small group for
B C zone costs 17.60 Euro.

One day ticket for small group for
A B C zone costs 17.80 Euro.

⑦７days ticket

You can use it 7 days in a row.
This is effective until the 7th day 24:00.

7 days ticket for A B zone costs 30 Euro.

7 days ticket for B C zone costs 31.10 Euro.

7 days ticket for A B C zone costs
37.20 Euro.

⑧Berlin Welcome card

This card is very convenient, if
you visit the center of Berlin several days. You can get discount with this
card in some museums, cruise, etc.

48hours
effective card for A B zone costs 18.50 Euro.

48 hours effective card for A B C
zone costs 20.50 Euro.

72 hours effective card for A B zone costs
25.50 Euro.

72 hours effective card for A B C zone costs 27.50
Euro.

5 days effective card for A B zone costs
32.50 Euro.

5 days effective card for A B C
zone costs 37.50 Euro.

➈City Tour Card

This card is very convenient, if you visit
the center of Berlin several days. You can get discount with this card in some
museums, cruise, etc.

48hours
effective card for A B zone costs 17.50 Euro.

48 hours effective card for A B C
zone costs 19.50 Euro.

72 hours effective card for A B zone costs
25.50 Euro.

72hours
effective card for A B C zone costs 26.50 Euro.

5 days effective card for A B zone costs 33.50
Euro.

5 days effective card for A B C zone costs
38.50 Euro.

If you
want to visit mainly famous museums, it is better to buy the Museumspass
Berlin. With this pass, you can visit about 50 museums 3 days.

When you
use the ticket, don’t forget to stamp the date on the ticket with the machine. If
ticket control person find that you don’t stamp the date in train or bus, you
have to pay penalty fee.

3Shopping information

Today I’d like to show you the
kinds of shopping mall “Arkaden” around the “Potsdamer Platz”. The mall is near
the “Sony center”. You can find it very easily. There are many reasonable
restaurants on the basement floor. You can enjoy Italian foods, Sushi,
hamburger, Kebab, and buy some foods in the supermarket reasonable. Actually
there is few supermarket around “Potsdamer Platz”. That’s why it is convenient
for you, I think.

It is very convenient for travelers, I think.

4 Other information

If you go somewhere far from Berlin by
express train, you can buy ticket and get information in “Reise Zentrum” in the
Zoologischer Garten station. It is usually in the station building, but now, it
is under reconstruction, so, the temporary office is outside of the station
building. If you have some questions about express ticket, you would be
cleared, I think. In summer, many people make a line for train ticket. In my case, the staff could not speak English, it took much time to make her understood what I wanted to say. Please help me to study German（HAHAHA）.

This is the temporary office.

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